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ج ه ر Root j-h-r in the Qur’an 16 occurrences in 15 verses

Occurrences
16
Verses
15
Surahs
13 of 114
Words
4

Most Arabic words are built from a root of three letters, and words from one root share a core meaning. In the Qur’an, the root ج ه ر (j-h-r) gives 4 words. It appears most in An-Nisa (2), Al-An'am (2), Al-Hujurat (2).

Words from this root

Meanings are the most common word-by-word translations of each word in the Qur’an.

WordTypeTimesTranslated as
جَهْرnoun7public mention, what you make public, loudness
جَهَرَverb5loud, publicizes, you speak aloud
جَهْرَةnoun3manifestly, openly
جِهارnoun1publicly

جَهْر 7 times

  • 4:148 · An-Nisaٱلْجَهْرَ the public mentionAllah does not like the public mention of evil except by one who has been wronged. And ever is Allah Hearing and Knowing.
  • 6:3 · Al-An'amوَجَهْرَكُمْ and what you make publicAnd He is Allah, [the only deity] in the heavens and the earth. He knows your secret and what you make public, and He knows that which you earn.
  • 7:205 · Al-A'rafٱلْجَهْرِ the loudnessAnd remember your Lord within yourself in humility and in fear without being apparent in speech - in the mornings and the evenings. And do not be among the heedless.
  • 16:75 · An-Nahlوَجَهْرًا ۖ and publiclyAllah presents an example: a slave [who is] owned and unable to do a thing and he to whom We have provided from Us good provision, so he spends from it secretly and publicly. Can they be equal? Praise to Allah! But most of them do not know.
  • 21:110 · Al-Anbyaٱلْجَهْرَ the declaredIndeed, He knows what is declared of speech, and He knows what you conceal.
  • 49:2 · Al-Hujuratكَجَهْرِ like (the) loudnessO you who have believed, do not raise your voices above the voice of the Prophet or be loud to him in speech like the loudness of some of you to others, lest your deeds become worthless while you perceive not.
  • 87:7 · Al-A'laٱلْجَهْرَ the manifestExcept what Allah should will. Indeed, He knows what is declared and what is hidden.

جَهَرَ 5 times

  • 13:10 · Ar-Ra'dجَهَرَ publicizesIt is the same [to Him] concerning you whether one conceals [his] speech or one publicizes it and whether one is hidden by night or conspicuous [among others] by day.
  • 17:110 · Al-Israتَجْهَرْ be loudSay, "Call upon Allah or call upon the Most Merciful. Whichever [name] you call - to Him belong the best names." And do not recite [too] loudly in your prayer or [too] quietly but seek between that an [intermediate] way.
  • 20:7 · Ta-Haتَجْهَرْ you speak aloudAnd if you speak aloud - then indeed, He knows the secret and what is [even] more hidden.
  • 49:2 · Al-Hujuratتَجْهَرُوا۟ be loudO you who have believed, do not raise your voices above the voice of the Prophet or be loud to him in speech like the loudness of some of you to others, lest your deeds become worthless while you perceive not.
  • 67:13 · Al-Mulkٱجْهَرُوا۟ proclaimAnd conceal your speech or publicize it; indeed, He is Knowing of that within the breasts.

جَهْرَة 3 times

  • 2:55 · Al-Baqarahجَهْرَةًۭ manifestlyAnd [recall] when you said, "O Moses, we will never believe you until we see Allah outright"; so the thunderbolt took you while you were looking on.
  • 4:153 · An-Nisaجَهْرَةًۭ manifestlyThe People of the Scripture ask you to bring down to them a book from the heaven. But they had asked of Moses [even] greater than that and said, "Show us Allah outright," so the thunderbolt struck them for their wrongdoing. Then they took the calf [for worship] after clear evidences had come to them, and We pardoned that. And We gave Moses a clear authority.
  • 6:47 · Al-An'amجَهْرَةً openlySay, "Have you considered: if the punishment of Allah should come to you unexpectedly or manifestly, will any be destroyed but the wrongdoing people?"

جِهار 1 time

  • 71:8 · Nuhجِهَارًۭا publiclyThen I invited them publicly.

How we count

Each Qur’an word whose stem comes from this root counts once. Attached prefixes and pronouns, such as wa- (and) or al- (the), are not counted separately. Root and lemma data: Quranic Arabic Corpus (Kais Dukes, University of Leeds), revised by quran-morphology, GNU GPL. All sources. Verse translation: Saheeh International.

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